"Although this level of government has the greatest impact on citizens’ daily lives, it is weak, ineffectual, rudderless and dominated by special interests," writes Garth Turner.
Over the last five centuries, says Frank Lloyd Wright, what humanity has called architecture has been "phony": "It was not innate, it wasn’t organic and it didn’t have the character of nature.”
More than 40 years after the debut of this British farce on the Shaw Festival stage, "One for the Pot" returns with excellent performances that contain the elements needed to make this for-the-masses comedy a laugh riot, writes Penny-Lynn Cookson.
"As a pretentious British boss of mine said many years ago ... 'I have found that around the world, one can get on with two languages: English, and loud English,'" writes Ross Robinson.
"I provided you with an opportunity to do the right thing, which you have obviously declined to do. Please be advised that I intend to pursue this in the appropriate forum(s)," writes Derek Collins.
Dear editor:
I'm a longtime fan of your excellent weekly publication and I enjoy writing letters to newspaper editors.
I've always enjoyed the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum's "Exploring...
The following letter to the community was submitted by the board of Willowbank in Queenston.
As you know, Willowbank is a unique private career college...
Dear editor:
I read Peter Rusin's Nov. 2 letter suggesting the proposed St. Davids roundabout will probably cost $10 million or more with necessary expropriations.
I...
Growth is inevitable, but it can't compromise the town's unique character
At a black-tie gala at the Court House on Saturday night, the Niagara Foundation...
If you weren't born in Niagara-on-the-Lake, but now call it home, chances are you moved here because of the lifestyle, small-town community feel, fine...
Dear editor:
I was delighted to read a report in your paper describing a group investigating the need for seniors housing ("Group plans independent survey...
Dear editor:
Your front-page, above-the-fold story in The Lake Report’s Nov. 2 issue, "Leaky sewers contaminating NOTL creek with E. coli, town says," should give...
Dear editor:
I attended the Remembrance Day service Saturday in Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Once again, I left feeling disappointed and frustrated that the ceremony, still, after many years,...
Dear editor:
This is an open letter to Lord Mayor Gary Zalepa and members of town council.
How much longer must residents of Niagara-on-the-Lake witness the overbearing mudslinging...
Dear editor:
I have written on several occasions advocating for roundabouts, especially in small towns with traffic lights.
I find the lack of proper understanding...
Keith McNenly
Special to The Lake Report
'Tis the season of ghosts and goulies, with decorations, costumes and candies leading up to the great day, then...
